May 8, 2019 01:23:29 AM by Md Solayman K
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May 8, 2019 01:12:06 PM by Mohammed G
Upwork decreased number of invitations allowed to clients with free profiles, They have to pay $50 to send unlimited invitations now.
A message to people replied above: You could just tell him this information.
May 8, 2019 03:55:39 AM by Petra R
Md Solayman K wrote:
Can I do something to overcome this crisis?
There is no "crisis" if you still get work by applying.
May 8, 2019 10:51:31 AM by Md Solayman K
May 8, 2019 11:26:57 AM by Petra R
Md Solayman K wrote:Thanks
You're welcome
Md Solayman K wrote:That is $20 for 10 pages.
LOL, wow. Great. As I said, the client is getting what they pay for.
A page is somewhere between 300 and 500 words. 10 pages are somewhere between 3000 and 5000 words.
A good translator averages between 400 and 600 words an hour including proofreading. So even if your client did increase the rate to $ 20 for 10 pages, that is $ 20 for 7.5 to 10 hours.... I am sure you can work out the hourly rate yourself
You asked for thoughts, you got them.
Md Solayman K wrote:They know what they are buying.
Yes. They get exactly what they pay for... Most people do.
May 8, 2019 11:40:39 AM by Md Solayman K
Seriously?
Am I supposed to discuss my hourly rate with you now? Anyways. The books you are talking about consists of small dialogues. There are around 90-120 words per page. I translate 7-8 pages every hour. Now you know the math.
That's not the point. It is not relevant that how much I charge. The only subject here is why the amount of invitation decreased. I asked for thoughts regarding invitations, not my hourly rates.
May 8, 2019 12:24:18 PM Edited May 8, 2019 12:43:02 PM by Rene K
Md Solayman K wrote:Now I mainly work on translation jobs. So, the history of translation was actually supposed to be helpful. As long as I am providing the quality and the client is satisfied, I don’t think that my claim of native English skill is a big deal. Is it?
While you may translate from English into Bengali, I don't know, you certainly cannot translate into English because your English is not good enough. Far from it. Professional translators only translate into a language they speak at a native level and your English is way far from being native.
For sure, clients who are not native speakers of English and who don't speak this language very well themselves may be appealed by your extremely low rates. They wouldn't know what kind of quality they are getting from you. However, there is no way anyone with a decent command of English will ever invite you for a translation job if the target language is English. They may still invite you to a data entry job, but nothing that involves translation into English.
Of course, you're free to conduct your business the way you want and offer any services you imagine you are skilled enough to sell, but if you ask for public advice, you must accept criticism.
May 8, 2019 12:57:16 PM Edited May 8, 2019 12:59:48 PM by Md Solayman K
Hello Reve,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I got your point. My english is not good enough to translate into English. My English is definitely not native or something like that. I have no problem with critics but didn't expect it to be such humiliating.
The main question has not been answered yet. With all these flaws, why did I receive dozens of invitations earlier but not now? No need to answer. Leave it. Seems like I don't belong here.
Thanks
May 8, 2019 01:51:29 PM by Nichola L
Md Solayman K wrote:Hello Reve,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I got your point. My english is not good enough to translate into English. My English is definitely not native or something like that. I have no problem with critics but didn't expect it to be such humiliating.
The main question has not been answered yet. With all these flaws, why did I receive dozens of invitations earlier but not now? No need to answer. Leave it. Seems like I don't belong here.
Thanks
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Freelancing is feast or famine. Sometimes I get lots of invitations, sometimes one or two and sometimes none at all. I think there is probably some kind of rotation system. Don't get too worried about it. Keep bidding on the jobs you know you can do, and sometimes it is worth bidding on really small jobs (I don't mean cheap, but quick), just to get back on track.
May 8, 2019 01:12:06 PM by Mohammed G
Upwork decreased number of invitations allowed to clients with free profiles, They have to pay $50 to send unlimited invitations now.
A message to people replied above: You could just tell him this information.
May 8, 2019 08:59:17 PM by Christine A
Mohammed G wrote:Upwork decreased number of invitations allowed to clients with free profiles, They have to pay $50 to send unlimited invitations now.
A message to people replied above: You could just tell him this information.
Yes - it sounds like most freelancers have experienced a greatly decreased number of invitations due to Upwork's recent policy change. There have been several threads in which people complain of this issue, and Upwork has offered various explanations, but no solution other than to tell people to make sure that their portfolios and profiles are as good as possible. So, if the OP wants to improve in this respect, then the advice given above might be worth considering, even if it didn't directly answer his question.
May 8, 2019 10:51:55 PM by Caroline A
I personally think that "Top Rated" badge is useless. It didnt help me to get more invitation as well, and when I lost the badge, I got more invitations and job. Sometime its hard to get a job even if I have top rated badge, so I just dont care anymore about JSS. So I think its up and down Upwork algorithm that we cannot understand. But maybe your hourly rate displayed is the one that brushed clients off. Maybe try to decrease it.
I am not a native english speaker but I think his english is good, that I can understand 100% of his sentences.
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